real estate

Leading non-profit attorney Kendis Muscheid has joined Ballard Spahr as a partner in the firm’s Phoenix office. Muscheid focuses on the representation of non-profit and tax-exempt organizations, charitable trusts, and issues relating to Arizona taxation.

Fried Frank real estate litigation partner Janice Mac Avoy is representing Kuafu Properties in connection with a lawsuit against Siras Development over Hudson Rise, a $600 million hotel and condominium project in New York City.

Despite the fact that California Governor Jerry Brown has vetoed Senate Bill 142 (which would have prohibited drones flying lower than 350 feet over private property), drone operators may still feel they are being targeted by state legislators. Several other bills are still being considered that would impose stricter rules...

Butler Snow attorney Lesly Gaynor Murray was part of the team that helped the Atlanta Braves score financing for its new stadium, SunTrust Park. The firm served as bond counsel for the issuance by the Cobb-Marietta Coliseum and Exhibit Hall Authority and as special counsel and disclosure counsel to Cobb...

The era of Big Data is, for better or for worse, upon us. And in this Brave New World that has such data in it, companies inevitably have massive amounts of information that must be kept both private and secure. Trade secrets such as customer lists, manufacturing processes and even...

Texas litigation firm Deans & Lyons has named two new partners to the firm’s Dallas office. Robert J. Bogdanowicz III and Courtney Bowline have been promoted by the firm which has been lauded in numerous practice areas.

Embedded in a company, knowing the employees, the customers, the industry and each legal nuance, in-house counselors understand the breadth and depth of the company business. Helping the business flourish – not just keeping it out of trouble – is part of the job description.

Shayla Harlev, a private equity partner with Weil, Gotshal & Manges, helped to lead the team that advised KTR Capital Partners on the sale of its real estate assets and operating platform to Prologis Inc.